umschaut
[ˈʊmˌʃaʊ̯t]
The verdict
“umschaut” is uncommon German (frequency #79,853 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,853
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs umschauen
Corpus desk
Index DE-umschaut · umschaut · German
umschaut · rank #79,853 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,853
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH umgestürzten
Nearest frequency peer: umgestürzten (-2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „umschaut“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- töpfern
töpfern
20,152 corpus weight
- umgestürzten
umgestürzten
20,150 corpus weight
- umschaut
umschaut
20,148 corpus weight
- umschlägt
umschlägt
20,146 corpus weight
- Umweltvertr…
Umweltverträglichkeit
20,145 corpus weight
- unanständige
unanständige
20,144 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „umschaut“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | umschaut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʊmˌʃaʊ̯t] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,853 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umschaut“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umschaut is uncommon German at frequency #79,853 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʊmˌʃaʊ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for umschaut in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is umschaut, spelled U-M-S-C-H-A-U-T.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs umschauen
- 22. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs umschauen
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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